climeclimate, weather; mood, atmosphere, tone: The argument made for a tense clime.Not to be confused with:climb ? to go up; ascend: climb the stairs, mount, scale: climb a mountainAbused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree Copyright © 2007, 2013 by Mary Embreeclime (kl?m)n. Climate: in search of warmer climes.[Middle English, region of the earth, from Late Latin clima, from Greek klima; see climate.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.clime (kla?m) n (Physical Geography) poetic a region or its climate[C16: from Late Latin clima; see climate]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014cli?mate (?kla? m?t) n. 1. the composite or generally prevailing weather conditions of a region, as temperature, air pressure, humidity, precipitation, cloudiness, and winds, throughout the year, averaged over a series of years. 2. a region or area characterized by a given climate: to move to a warm climate. 3. the prevailing attitudes, standards, or conditions of a group, period, or place: a climate of political unrest. [1350?1400; Middle English: region, latitude